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The Smile space mission was successfully launched on 19 May 2026 aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Jointly led by the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Smile (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) opens a new chapter in the study of interactions between the Sun and Earth’s magnetic environment. LPP contributes to this scientific endeavour through the involvement of the...

Vincent David has been awarded the 2024 René Pellat Prize, a PhD thesis prize granted by the Plasma Division of the French Physical Society. This distinction recognizes his work on multi-scale turbulence in the solar wind. Vincent David completed his PhD at the Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas in Palaiseau, with a thesis entitled “Multi-scale turbulence in the solar wind: from theory to observations.” His research focuses on the turbulent dynamics...

The Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas congratulates Alejandro Álvarez Laguna, CNRS Research Scientist at LPP, on being awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal. This distinction recognises his work on non-equilibrium plasmas, conducted at the interface between physics, applied mathematics and numerical simulation. His research contributes to a better understanding of these complex media and opens up new perspectives for more efficient, more sustainable and...